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OSCE/ODIHR delivers report on reform to Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 1 December 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Elections
BRUSSELS, 4 December 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has submitted a report to the annual Ministerial Council on its activities, as a part of the Organization's ongoing debate on reform. At last year's...
First OSCE election observation training course held in Central Asia
Publishing date: 23 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 23 November 2006- An OSCE training course for election observers began in Bishkek today. It was the first time such an event was held in Central Asia...
OSCE/ODIHR sends team of experts for Netherlands parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 13 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 13 November 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights deployed an Election Assessment Mission to the Netherlands today for the 22 November elections to the Lower Chamber (Tweede Kamer) of Parliament...
US elections largely meet electoral reform targets and highlight continuing challenges
Publishing date: 8 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WASHINGTON, D.C., 8 November 2006- The electoral environment in the United States is characterized by a high level of transparency and professionalism of election officials. The electoral reforms, initiated by...
Tajik democracy not fully tested in uncompetitive presidential election
Publishing date: 7 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
DUSHANBE, 7 November 2006- Democratic practices were not fully tested in the 6 November presidential election in Tajikistan due to the absence of genuine competition, thus providing voters with only nominal choice, concludes an OSCE statement issued...
OSCE election analysts to follow US mid-term elections
Publishing date: 24 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WASHINGTON, 24 October 2006- The OSCE's election observation body, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, has deployed an Election Assessment Mission for the 7 November mid-term congressional elections in the United States...
OSCE election observation body begins assessment of presidential elections in Bulgaria
Publishing date: 16 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 16 October 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today began an election assessment mission for the 22 October presidential elections in Bulgaria at the invitation of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry...